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UNITED STATES PATENT UEETCE.

CHRISTIAN BLANCARD, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

DIAMOND-SETTING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 325,485x dated September l, 1885.

Application filed Juize 1, 1885.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN BLANCARD, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Diamond-Settings, of which the following is a specitieation.

This invention relates to an improved setting for diamonds and other gems; and the invention consists of a diamond or other setting in which the bezel at the base ol' the setting is made integral with the body of the same. n

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a top View ofthe blank from which my improved diamondsetting is made. Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5 are sectional side elevations, showing the setting in different stages of its manufacture; and Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a finished setting, partly in section.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My improved setting for diamonds and other genis is made from a blank, a, having a disk-shaped center, a2, and radial arms a', as shown in Fig. 1. The center at of the blank a is drawn by dies into cup-shape, simultaneously with bending up the radial arms, as shown iu Fig. 2. A second set of dies elongates the cup-shaped center portion, al, and shapes the radial arms into cramps, as shown (No model.)

in Fig. 3. By a third set of dies the bottom of the oup-shaped portion is pnnehedout, and thereby a nearly cylindrical base for the setting obtained, as shown in Fig. 4. Another pair of dies upsets the lower cylindrical part of the setting and bends it into a rim or bezel, b, at the 4base of the setting, as shown in Fig. 6.

A setting with such an upset rim or bezel, I), is neater and stronger than one in which the bezel has been soldered on, which is the method heretofore employed for fastening the bezel to the setting. By making the bezel integral with the body of the setting considerable time and labor are saved and a durable and neatly-finished setting for gems obtained.

Having thus described my invention,I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A setting for diamonds and other gems, having an upset rim or bezel made integral with the body of the setting, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHRISTIAN BLANCARD. yVitnesses:

PAUL GOEPEL, ERNST IVOLFF. 

